A Craftsman's Tool Tote

I made this tote to help carry some tools around the house and cut down on the walking back and forth. While I am still in the building stages of my tool storage bench, I think it will help keep some core tools collected in the shop as well. Largely based upon Mario Rodriquez’s tote published in an issue of Woodcraft magazine. I cut the dimensions by a third to suit my needs, about 16” long,10” tall and 6” wide. It is made from curly cherry and the handle is hickory. I didn’t follow his plans but I kept his details and basic profiles because they are what initially attracted me to it. I especially liked the classic dovetailed ends carrying the bottom. Graham Haydon has a very good tutorial on this design also. This was a great project for honing some basic motions and getting to try some new techniques along the way. Having done the dovetail-a-day or so for awhile, this is my first project to utilize the joint. I think this project has helped my skill set and confidence immensely. A lot of work went into just preparing for it such as building a proper shooting board, dovetail clamping cauls, resaw fence and even down to revamping my sharpening processes.